Canadian Actors of the Classic Era

1. Glenn Ford

Actor | Gilda

Legendary actor Glenn Ford was born Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford in Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec, Canada, to Hannah Wood (Mitchell) and Newton Ford, a railroad executive. His family moved to Santa Monica, California when he was eight years old. His acting career began with plays at high school...

2. Sharon Acker

Actress | Happy Birthday to Me

Although she was presented in 1969 the first Film Star of Tomorrow by The Motion Picture Exhibitors of Canada, the status of Sharon Acker as a star never materialized. Not that she was inactive, quite the opposite, but she worked almost only for TV and appeared only in a few undistinguished movie ...

3. Jean Adair

Actress | Arsenic and Old Lace

Slight, birdlike Jean Adair came to the screen after playing a succession of crotchety or maternal roles on the stage. She was born Violet McNaughton in Ontario, Canada, and absolved her acting studies in Chicago. After extensive touring with local stock companies and a few seasons on the ...

4. Claire Adams

Actress | The Big Parade

Claire Adams was born in Winnipeg, Canada (her brother was prolific screenwriter Gerald Drayson Adams), and after her education in that country she was sent to a private school in England, where she studied drama. At the outbreak of World War I, however, she joined the nursing corps and spent the ...

5. Beth Amos

Actress | Police Academy

Beth Amos was born on January 1, 1916 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Police Academy (1984), Bullies (1986) and Prom Night (1980). She died on January 31, 1996 in Toronto.

6. Charles Arling

Actor | Back to God's Country

Charles Arling was born on August 22, 1880 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as Charles F. Parr. He was an actor, known for Back to God's Country (1919), Number 99 (1920) and Droppington's Devilish Deed (1915). He died on April 21, 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

7. Julia Arthur

Actress | The Woman the Germans Shot

Julia Arthur was born on May 3, 1868 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as Julia Lewis. She was an actress, known for The Woman the Germans Shot (1918), The Common Cause (1919) and His Woman (1919). She was married to Benjamin Pierce Cheney. She died on March 28, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

8. Joby Baker

Actor | Girl Happy

Joby Baker was born on March 26, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as Joseph N. Baker. He is an actor and writer, known for Girl Happy (1965), Quincy M.E. (1976) and Key Witness (1960). He was previously married to Dory Previn, Joyce Harriet Winter and Joan Blackman.

9. Robert Beatty

Actor | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Robert Beatty graduated with a B.A. from the University of Toronto and started in amateur dramatics with the Hamilton Player's Guild. For a while, he made a living as a cashier for a gas and fuel company. In order to further hone his acting skills, he made his way to London in 1936 (on the advice of...

10. Glenn Beck

Actor | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Glenn Beck was born on June 1, 1935 in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) and Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).

11. Henry Beckman

Actor | Marnie

Henry Beckman was born on November 26, 1921 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada as Henry How Beckman. He was an actor, known for Marnie (1964), Blood & Guts (1978) and The Brood (1979). He was married to Hillary Beckman and Cheryl Maxwell. He died on June 17, 2008 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

12. Catherine Bégin

Actress | Martyrs

Catherine Bégin was born on April 22, 1939. She was an actress, known for Martyrs (2008), Laurence Anyways (2012) and Les beaux dimanches (1974). She died on December 29, 2013 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

13. Juliette Béliveau

Actress | Le rossignol et les cloches

Juliette Béliveau was born on October 28, 1889 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Le rossignol et les cloches (1952), Le gros Bill (1949) and La famille Plouffe (1953). She died on August 26, 1975 in Montréal, Québec.

14. Mickey Bennett

Actor | A Boy of the Streets

Mickey Bennett was born on January 28, 1915 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for A Boy of the Streets (1927), Big Pal (1925) and It's the Old Army Game (1926). He died on September 6, 1950 in Hollywood, California, USA.

15. William Bertram

Director | The Old Maid's Baby

William Bertram was born on January 19, 1880 in Walkerton, Ontario, Canada as Benjamin Switzer. He was an actor and director, known for The Old Maid's Baby (1919), The Phantom Buster (1927) and Neal of the Navy (1915). He was married to Jean. He died on May 1, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

16. Lionel Blair

Actor | A Hard Day's Night

Lionel Blair was born on December 12, 1928 in Montréal, Québec, Canada as Henry Lionel Blair Ogus. He is known for his work on A Hard Day's Night (1964), Absolute Beginners (1986) and Evil's Evil Cousin (2016). He was married to Susan Blair. He died on November 4, 2021.

17. Ben Blue

Actor | It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

Ben Blue was a movie and TV comedian born on September 12, 1901, in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Emigrating to the US, he became a dance instructor and dance school owner, as well as a nightclub proprietor. He began his film career in short subjects for Warner Brothers in 1926, and later worked at the...

18. Lloyd Bochner

Actor | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Lloyd Bochner had that wonderfully sonorous type of voice that was always tailor-made for radio or for the stage. Unsurprisingly then, by the time he was eleven, Lloyd was already employed as part-time voiceover artist and reader of drama serials by radio stations in Vancouver.

Lloyd Wolfe Bochner ...

19. Donald Brian

Actor | The Man Without a Country

Donald Brian was born on February 17, 1875 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Man Without a Country (1937), The Voice in the Fog (1915) and The Smugglers (1916). He was married to Virginia O'Brien (actress, b. 1896). He died on December 22, 1948 in Great Neck, Long ...

20. Raymond Burr

Actor | Rear Window

Born Raymond William Stacy Burr on 21 May 1917 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Burr spent most of his early life traveling. As a youngster, his father moved his family to China, where the elder Burr worked as a trade agent. When the family returned to Canada, Raymond's parents separated. He ...

21. Jack Carson

Actor | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

When Jack Carson arrived in Hollywood in 1937, he found work at RKO as an extra. His first major acting role came alongside Humphrey Bogart in the romantic comedy Stand-In (1937). After a few years, he developed into a popular character actor who would be seen in a large number of comedies, ...

22. Al Christie

Producer | Mrs. Plum's Pudding

Al Christie began his career in 1909 with the Nestor Company. In 1912 he was put in charge of production for a series of westerns. By 1916 he had set up his own production company that produced comedy two-reelers and occasionally a full-length feature. He was the brother of producer/director ...

23. Berton Churchill

Actor | Stagecoach

Berton Churchill was born on December 9, 1876 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as Alexander Berton Churchill. He was an actor, known for Stagecoach (1939), Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) and Two Seconds (1932). He was married to Harriet Elizabeth Gardner. He died on October 10, 1940 in New York City, ...

24. George Cleveland

Actor | Pillow of Death

Round-faced and twinkling, George Cleveland had a 58-year career of stage, vaudeville, motion picture, radio and television acting. His first film was Mystery Liner (1934) with Noah Beery and he went on to appear in 150 others. However, he is best remembered as Gramps on the original Lassie (1954) ...

25. Suzanne Cloutier

Actress | The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice

Lovely French Canadian actress Suzanne Cloutier, the daughter of the director of the National Printing Office, was born into a large family. She had indeed no fewer than six brothers and sisters. After happily growing up in the heart of nature (her parents had a house in the woods), she became a ...

26. John Colicos

Actor | The Changeling

John Colicos was born on December 10, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Changeling (1980), Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). He was married to Mona McHenry. He died on March 6, 2000 in Toronto.

27. Russ Conway

Actor | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Russ Conway was born on April 25, 1913 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada as Russell Clarence Zink. He was an actor, known for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Our Man Flint (1966) and Sea Hunt (1958). He was married to Muriel Idell Morrison. He died on January 12, 2009 in Laguna Hills, ...

28. Hume Cronyn

Actor | Cocoon

Hume Cronyn was a Canadian actor with a lengthy career. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "The Seventh Cross" (1944).

Cronyn was born to a prominent family. His father was politician Hume Blake Cronyn (1864-1933), Member of Parliament for London, ...

29. Larry Cross

Actor | The Wind and the Lion

Larry Cross was born on December 25, 1913 in Nova Scotia, Canada as Russell Beurling Titus. He was an actor, known for The Wind and the Lion (1975), A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) and Sherlock Holmes (1964). He was married to Doris Mildred Slater and Evangeline Faustina Bardeney. He died on June ...

30. Josephine Crowell

Actress | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Josephine Crowell was a Canadian-born character actress. She appeared in vaudeville as early as 1879. On screen, she is best remembered for her dramatic portrayal of the mother in D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915), her comedic performances in Harold Lloyd's Speedy (1928) and Stan Laurel ...

31. Dorothy Davis

Actress | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

Dorothy Davis is an actress, known for The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), Shivers (1975) and The Vagabond King (1930).

32. Yvonne De Carlo

Actress | The Ten Commandments

Yvonne De Carlo was born Margaret Yvonne Middleton on September 1, 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was three when her father abandoned the family. Her mother turned to waitressing in a restaurant to make ends meet--a rough beginning for an actress who would, one day, be one of ...

33. Sam De Grasse

Actor | The Man Who Laughs

Born in Canada, Sam De Grasse entered films in 1912 and specialized in playing thoroughly disreputable, nasty, slimy bad guys. Douglas Fairbanks was so impressed with De Grasse's villainy that he used the actor in several of his more memorable productions. He wasn't the only member of the De Grasse ...

34. Katherine DeMille

Actress | Black Gold

A dark, exotic beauty, Katherine DeMille was a fascinating screen presence in the 1930s and 1940s. She was born in Canada to a Scottish schoolteacher, Edward Gabriel Lester, and his Italian-Swiss wife, Cecile Bianca Bertha (Colani) Lester. Her father was killed in France during World War I, and her...

35. Victor Désy

Actor | Scanners

Victor Désy was born on June 8, 1932 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Scanners (1981), Inspector Gadget (1983) and Claire... cette nuit et demain (1985). He died on August 5, 2017 in Montréal.

36. James Doohan

Actor | Star Trek

James Doohan was born on March 3, 1920 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as James Montgomery Doohan. He is known for his work on Star Trek (1966), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). He was married to Wende Doohan, Anita Yagel and Janet Young...

37. Fifi D'Orsay

Actress | Nabonga

Although she made her career playing the quintessential Parisian coquette, Fifi D'Orsay was actually a Canadian. She was born Yvonne Lussier in Montreal, Québec, in 1904. At the age of 20 she arrived in New York, determined to become an actress. She was met by Helen Morgan, whom she knew from ...

38. Shirley Douglas

Actress | Dead Ringers

Shirley Douglas was born on April 2, 1934 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada as Shirley Jean Douglas. She is known for her work on Dead Ringers (1988), Wind at My Back (1996) and Lolita (1962). She was married to Donald Sutherland and Timothy Emil Sicks. She died on April 5, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario,...

39. Susan Douglas Rubes

Actress | Five

As an actress, Susan Rubes has enjoyed a Broadway career where she won the Donaldson Award for best supporting actress in 1946. Breaking into American TV she played the character "Kathy" for 10 years on the daytime drama, The Guiding Light (1952). Moving to Canada with her actor husband, Jan Rubes,...

40. Marie Dressler

Actress | Dinner at Eight

Once you saw her, you would not forget her. Despite her age and weight, she became one of the top box office draws of the sound era. She was 14 when she joined a theater group and she went on to work on stage and in light opera. By 1892, she was on Broadway and she later became a star comedienne on...

41. Douglass Dumbrille

Actor | The Ten Commandments

Distinguished character villain Douglass (R.) Dumbrille, whose distinctive stern features, beady eyes, tidy mustache, prominent hook nose and suave, cultivated presence graced scores of talking films, was born on October 13, 1889, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was first employed as a bank clerk ...

42. Deanna Durbin

Soundtrack | Mad About Music

The girl who one day would be known as "Winnipeg's Sweetheart" was born at Grace Hospital on December 4, 1921, as Edna Mae Durbin. In her early childhood there were no obvious signs that one day she would be a bigger box office attraction than Shirley Temple. Renamed Deanna Durbin for show business...

43. Edward Earle

Actor | The Wind

Canadian native Edward Earle was born in Toronto on July 16, 1882, and was raised and schooled there. His stage career took form in Canada with an early emphasis on musical comedy, and he later toured in vaudeville and stock in association with Belasco, DeWolf Hopper Sr., Marie Cahill and the ...

44. Maude Eburne

Actress | The Bat Whispers

Eburne started on the stage in Ontario and New York, later appearing on Broadway in 1914, playing a cockney maid. She played comic servants on stage until 1930 then moved to films in 1931. On screen, she played a variety of roles from maids to aristocrats to pipe-smoking harridans. Eburne retired ...

45. Marc Favreau

Actor | Témoignages

Marc Favreau was born on November 9, 1929 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Témoignages (1973), J'ai pas dit mon dernier mot (1986) and Bye-Bye (1968). He died on December 17, 2005 in Montréal.

46. Rockliffe Fellowes

Actor | Monkey Business

Rockliffe Fellowes was born on March 17, 1884 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada as Rockliffe St. Patrick Fellowes. He was an actor, known for Monkey Business (1931), The Understanding Heart (1927) and The Crystal Cup (1927). He was married to Lucile Watson. He died on January 28, 1950 in Los Angeles, ...

47. Rosemary Forsyth

Actress | Ghosts of Mars

A tall, willowy, highly attractive blonde, Canadian leading lady Rosemary Forsyth was born in Montreal on July 6, 1943, who moved to New York at age 5 with her divorced mother who found work as a model. Rosemary was keen on the idea of acting and studied drama both in high school. Inspired by her ...

48. Dianne Foster

Actress | Night Passage

A curvaceous and comely lead and second lead actress of the 1950s and 1960s screen, Dianne Foster was born with the unlikely stage name of Olga Helen Laruska on October 31, 1928 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Of Ukrainian parentage, she began her stage career performing in high school plays and in ...

49. Don Francks

Actor | My Bloody Valentine

A man who has many irons in the entertainment fire, hirsutely handsome Canadian actor, vocalist and jazz musician Don Francks (also known as "Iron Buffalo") was born Donald Harvey Francks on February 28, 1932, in Vancouver, British Columbia. One can, with confidence, add drummer, poet, motorcyclist...

50. Oscar Gahan

Actor | Ambush Valley

Canada's child prodigy violinist. Played a command performance for the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII, at age 5.) First cousin of Walter Huston, father of child actress Baby Rose, Grandfather of Sharmagne Leland-St. John-Sylbert, Great-grandfather of 'Daisy Alexandra Sylbert'.

51. Jacques Galipeau

Actor | Tang

Jacques Galipeau was born on September 22, 1923 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Tang (1971), La petite patrie (1974) and Bingo (1974). He was married to Pauline Julien and Irène Poujol. He died on August 30, 2020 in Montréal.

52. Gabriel Gascon

Actor | Les belles histoires des pays d'en haut

Gabriel Gascon was born on January 8, 1927 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Les belles histoires des pays d'en haut (1956), Possible Worlds (2000) and Mars et Avril (2012). He was married to Gisèle Mauricet. He died on May 30, 2018 in Montreal.

53. Chief Dan George

Actor | Little Big Man

Actor, author, and musician Chief Dan George was born in present-day North Vancouver as Geswanouth Slahoot (later anglicized as 'Dan Slaholt'), the son of a tribal chief on Burrard Indian Reserve Nº. 3. He is the only Aboriginal actor in Canadian history to date with the right to use the title "...

54. Philip Gilbert

Actor | Superman III

Philip Gilbert was born on March 29, 1930 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as Phillip Arthur Joseph Bilodeau. He was an actor, known for Superman III (1983), Dentist in the Chair (1960) and The Tomorrow People (1973). He died on January 6, 2004 in Farnborough, Hampshire, England.

55. Jacques Godin

Actor | Vieux Jeu

Jacques Godin was born on September 14, 1930 in Montréal, Québec, Canada as Joseph Ozias Jacques Godin. He was an actor, known for Vieux Jeu (2017), O.K. ... Laliberté (1973) and Being at Home with Claude (1992). He died on October 26, 2020 in Montréal.

56. Huntley Gordon

Actor | Murder by Television

Montreal-born Huntley Gordon was educated in both Canada and England, and upon completing his education took a job with the Bank of Montreal, later starting his own stock trading firm. However, he had had a taste of "the stage" in amateur productions, and soon gave up the business life for that of ...

57. Robert Goulet

Actor | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Robert Gerard Goulet was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to a family of French-Canadian origin. He was the son of Jeanette (Gauthier) and Joseph Georges André Goulet. After hearing his son sing "Lead Kindly Light", in their church hall, his father told him, "I'm proud of you, son". A few weeks ...

58. Vernon Gray

Actor | The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Vernon Gray grew up in Elk Point, Alta., as Vernon Raham-Gray. "Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to be an actor," said Gray in a 1953 interview, but his family was dead set against his bid for a show-business career. Chief opponents were his father, Arthur Raham, a railway agent in Elk Point,...

59. Lorne Greene

Actor | Bonanza

Lorne Greene was born Lyon Himan "Chaim" Green on February 12, 1915, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He began acting while attending Canada's Queen's University, and after graduation got a job in radio broadcasting. His rich, deep, authoritarian voice quickly propelled him to prominence as Canada's top...

60. Haji

Actress | Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Haji was a Cando-American actress renowned for starring in Russ Meyer's sexploitation classic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), in which she made her theatrical film debut. Barbarella Catton was born in Quebec City, Quebec on January 24, 1946, and at the age of 14, began dancing topless. The ...

61. Jonathan Hale

Actor | The Saint's Double Trouble

Canadian-born character actor Jonathan Hale had a long and distinguished film career, appearing in over 260 pictures and television programs.

He was a member of the diplomatic service prior to his film career, and his stately bearing stood him in good stead for the large variety of corporate ...

62. Barbara Hamilton

Actress | Road to Avonlea

Barbara Hamilton was born on December 11, 1926 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada as Barbara Rose Hamilton. She was an actress, known for Road to Avonlea (1990), Lost and Found (1979) and Car 54, Where Are You? (1994). She died on February 7, 1996 in Toronto, Ontario.

63. Clarence Handyside

Actor | The Jungle

Clarence Handyside was born in 1854 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as Clarence Auckland Handyside. He was an actor, known for The Jungle (1914), The Turn of the Wheel (1918) and Mice and Men (1916). He was married to Blanche Sharp and Kate D. Baker. He died on December 20, 1931 in Philadelphia, ...

64. June Havoc

Actress | Gentleman's Agreement

Musical theater devotees will undoubtedly know that the song "Let Me Entertain You" was from the classic musical "Gypsy", the born-in-a-trunk story of resilient kid troopers Gypsy Rose Lee and June Havoc who were mercilessly pushed into vaudeville careers by an unbearably headstrong mother. While ...

65. Peter Helm

Actor | The Andromeda Strain

Peter Helm was born on December 22, 1941 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as Peter John Helm Jr. He is an actor and director, known for The Andromeda Strain (1971), The Longest Day (1962) and Wagon Train (1957).

66. Dell Henderson

Actor | Show People

Dell Henderson was born on July 5, 1883 in St Thomas, Ontario, Canada as George Delbert Henderson. He was an actor and director, known for Show People (1928), The Servant Question (1920) and The Dead Line (1920). He was married to Florence Lee. He died on December 2, 1956 in Hollywood, California, ...

67. Arthur Hill

Actor | The Andromeda Strain

Canadian-born actor Arthur Hill was raised in the Saskatchewan town of Melfort. The son of a lawyer, he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during WWII before receiving his college education at the University of British Columbia. Intending on following in his father's footsteps in the field of...

68. Charles Hill Mailes

Actor | The Mark of Zorro

Charles Hill Mailes was born on May 25, 1870 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Mark of Zorro (1920), Money Madness (1917) and The Hungarian Nabob (1915). He was married to Claire McDowell. He died on February 17, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

69. Juliette Huot

Actress | Les Plouffe

Juliette Huot was born on January 9, 1912 in Tétraultville, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Les Plouffe (1981), Le rossignol et les cloches (1952) and La famille Plouffe (1953). She died on March 16, 2001 in Brossard, Québec.

70. Walter Huston

Actor | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

For many years Walter Huston had two passions: his career as an engineer and his vocation for the stage. In 1909 he dedicated himself to the theatre, and made his debut on Broadway in 1924. In 1929 he journeyed to Hollywood, where his talent and ability made him one of the most respected actors in ...

71. Frances Hyland

Actress | The Changeling

Frances Hyland was born on April 25, 1927 in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Canada as Frances Jean Hyland. She was an actress, known for The Changeling (1980), Happy Birthday to Me (1981) and Hounds of Notre Dame (1980). She was married to George McCowan. She died on July 11, 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, ...

72. John Ireland

Actor | Red River

Born in Canada, John Ireland was raised in New York. Performing as a swimmer in a water carnival, he moved into the legitimate theater, often appearing in minor roles in Broadway plays. His first big break in pictures came in 1945 when he appeared as Windy the introspective letter-writing G.I. in ...

73. May Irwin

Actress | The Kiss

Born in Whitby, Ontario, May Irwin started her performing career at a young age, when she began a singing act with her younger sister Flora in 1874. The act was popular, and Irwin began working as an actress when she was 21 years old. She found success and was appearing in a Broadway show called "...

74. Pierre Jalbert

Actor | Combat!

The son of a newspaperman, Canadian-born Pierre Jalbert graduated from Ouellet College and attended Laval University. A champion skier, he went to study art appreciation at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1949 he visited Hollywood and later that year returned to Paris and joined a French film company as ...

75. Victor Jory

Actor | Gone with the Wind

Victor Jory was born in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. His burly physique made him a wrestling and boxing champion during his military service in the United States Coast Guard. After a few appearances on Broadway, he made his way into Hollywood in the early 1930s. His acting career spanned exactly 50 ...

76. Ruby Keeler

Soundtrack | Sweetheart of the Campus

Ruby Keeler started as a dancer on Broadway. After her marriage to Al Jolson she moved to Hollywood and become a star in Warners musicals opposite Dick Powell. After her divorce from Jolson she retired for almost 30 years, until she appeared in "No No Nanette" on Broadway in 1971 under the ...

77. Barbara Kent

Actress | Lonesome

A pretty, diminutive (4'11") actress of the silent and early sound era, Barbara Cloutman (later Kent) was born in Gadsby, Alberta, Canada on December 16, 1907. Upon graduating from Hollywood High School in 1925, Kent won the Miss Hollywood Pageant, and set her sights on a career in the movies. She ...

78. Margot Kidder

Actress | Superman

Margot Kidder was born Margaret Ruth Kidder in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, to Jocelyn Mary "Jill" (Wilson), a history teacher from British Columbia, and Kendall Kidder, a New Mexico-born mining engineer and explosives expert. Margot was a delightful child who took pride in ...

79. Alexander Knox

Actor | Wilson

A Presbyterian minister's son, softly-spoken, intellectual-looking Alexander Knox received his education from the University of Western Ontario where he studied English literature. An excellent elocutionist (a member of the university's Hesperian Club) he had his first fling with dramatic acting ...

80. Jack Kruschen

Actor | The Apartment

Canadian-born Jack Kruschen entered films after years on the stage, and became a dependable character actor both in movies and on television. Often cast as ethnic comedy relief, Kruschen occasionally landed a role as a villain, but was more often the volatile, emotional Italian or Jewish neighbor ...

81. Florence La Badie

Actress | The Million Dollar Mystery

Early information on Florence La Badie is sketchy. She is thought to have been born in New York City in 1888, and was either taken away from or given up for adoption by her birth mother. Florence was adopted by a married couple named LaBadie, who legally gave the child their last name. Her adoptive...

82. Andrée Lachapelle

Actress | Il pleuvait des oiseaux

Andrée Lachapelle was born on November 13, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Il pleuvait des oiseaux (2019), Cap Tourmente (1993) and Le misanthrope (1966). She was married to André Mélançon and Dominique Briand. She died on November 21, 2019 in Canada.

83. Jean Lajeunesse

Actor | Les brûlés

Jean Lajeunesse was born on July 17, 1921 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Les brûlés (1959), Toi et moi (1954) and Réjeanne Padovani (1973). He was married to Janette Bertrand. He died on September 26, 1991 in Montréal.

84. Florence Lawrence

Actress | Not Like Other Girls

Florence Lawrence was the first film player whose name was used to promote her films and the studio (Independent Moving Pictures Company [IMP]) for which she worked. Before her, actors and actresses worked anonymously, partly out of fear that stage managers would refuse to hire them if they were ...

85. Beatrice Lillie

Actress | Thoroughly Modern Millie

Dubbed "the funniest woman in the world", comedienne Beatrice Lillie was born the daughter of a Canadian government official and grew up in Toronto. She sang in a family trio act with her mother, Lucy, and her piano-playing older sister, Muriel. Times were hard and the ambitious mother eventually ...

86. Cec Linder

Actor | Goldfinger

Cec Linder was born on March 10, 1921 in Radziechów, Poland as Cecil Yekuthial Linder. He was an actor, known for Goldfinger (1964), Lolita (1962) and Quatermass and the Pit (1958). He was married to Joan Patricia Nuttall. He died on April 10, 1992 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

87. Art Linkletter

Actor | Champagne for Caesar

Art Linkletter was born on July 17, 1912 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada as Gordon Arthur Kelly. He is known for his work on Champagne for Caesar (1950), Philippine Adventure (1964) and The Jack Benny Program (1950). He was married to Lois Marguerite Foerster. He died on May 26, 2010 in Bel-Air,...

88. Gene Lockhart

Actor | Miracle on 34th Street

Gene Lockhart was born on July 18, 1891, in London, Ontario, Canada, the son of John Coates Lockhart and Ellen Mary (Delany) Lockhart. His father had studied singing and young Gene displayed an early interest in drama and music. Shortly after the 7-year-old danced a Highland fling in a concert ...

89. Hélène Loiselle

Actress | Sous un ciel variable

Hélène Loiselle was born on March 17, 1928 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Sous un ciel variable (1993), Doux aveux (1982) and La bouteille (2000). She was married to Lionel Villeneuve. She died on August 8, 2013 in Québec.

90. Guy Lombardo

Soundtrack | Never Let Me Go

Guy Lombardo was born on June 19, 1902 in London, Ontario, Canada as Gaetano Albert Lombardo. He is known for his work on Never Let Me Go (2010), Angel Heart (1987) and The Green Mile (1999). He was married to Lilliebell Glenn. He died on November 5, 1977 in Houston, Texas, USA.

91. Wilfred Lucas

Actor | Modern Times

The youngest of three sons, he was born in Norfolk, Ontario, Canada and was educated at McGill University then In 1904 he moved to New York where he appeared in a number of plays on Broadway including The Blue Grass Handicap, The Superstition of Sue and successful The Chorus Lady after which he was...

92. Wallace MacDonald

Producer | A Man's World

Wallace MacDonald was born on May 5, 1891 in Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for A Man's World (1942), Flame of Stamboul (1951) and The Shadow (1937). He was married to Doris May. He died on October 30, 1978 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

93. Willard Mack

Writer | What Price Innocence?

Willard Mack was born on September 18, 1873 in Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada as Charles Willard McLaughlin. He was a writer and actor, known for What Price Innocence? (1933), The Voice of the City (1929) and Broadway to Hollywood (1933). He was married to Beatrice Banyard, Pauline Frederick, Marjorie...

94. Gisele MacKenzie

Actress | The Young and the Restless

Gisele MacKenzie was born on January 10, 1927 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada as Gisele Marie-Louise Marguerite LaFleche. She is known for her work on The Young and the Restless (1973), Lux Playhouse (1958) and Burke's Law (1963). She was married to Robert F. Klein and Robert J. Shuttleworth. She ...

95. David Manners

Actor | Dracula

A dapper, debonair, darkly attractive leading man of 20's stage and 30's screen, actor David Manners was born Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom on April 30, 1900, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. A highly serviceable, if sometimes overshadowed, co-star opposite Hollywood's top 30's female superstars, It ...

96. Paul Massie

Actor | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

Paul Massie was born on July 7, 1932 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada as Arthur Dickinson Massé. He was an actor, known for The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), The Rebel (1961) and Orders to Kill (1958). He was married to Anne McPherson. He died on June 8, 2011 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada.

97. Raymond Massey

Actor | Arsenic and Old Lace

Educated at the University of Toronto & Balliol College, Oxford, he joined the Canadian Field Artillery in World War I, served in France & was wounded. His first appearance was in a stage production in Siberia, during its occupation by American Forces in 1918. Raymond returned to Canada & the farm ...

98. Lois Maxwell

Actress | Thunderball

Everyone knows (or should know) Lois Maxwell as the one and only "Miss Moneypenny", but there's much more to her acting career than that. She started out against her parents' will, and without their knowledge, in a Canadian children's radio program, credited as "Robin Wells". Before the age of 15 ...

99. Paul Maxwell

Actor | Aliens

Paul Maxwell was born on November 12, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada as Maxim Popovich. He was an actor, known for Aliens (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). He was married to Mary Lindsay. He died on December 19, 1991 in London, England.

100. Louis B. Mayer

Producer | The Great Secret

Mayer was born Lazar Meir in the Ukraine and grew up in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after his parents fled Russian oppression in 1886. He had a brutal childhood, raised in poverty and suffering physical and emotional abuse from his nearly-illiterate peddler father. In the early 1890s, he ...